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Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Drawn & Quarterly effective January 15, 2025

October 4, 2024

Effective January 15, 2025, Raincoast will cease distribution of Drawn & Quarterly. Raincoast will accept orders until December 31st and will cease shipping Drawn & Quarterly titles post January 15, 2025. As of that date, orders for Drawn & Quarterly should be sent to:

University of Toronto Press Distribution
Email: utpbooks@utpress.utoronto.ca
Phone: 1-800-565-9523
Fax: 1-800-221-9985

Please direct all returns to UTP Distribution as of January 1, 2025.

Raincoast will only accept returns of Drawn & Quarterly titles received in our warehouse before April 1, 2025. Please send them to:
Returns Department
Raincoast Books Distribution
2440 Viking Way
Richmond, BC V6V 1N2

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group effective September 1, 2024

May 22, 2024

Effective September 1, 2024, Raincoast will cease distribution of Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group. As of that date, orders for Wattpad should be sent to:

Penguin Random House Canada
Email: customerservicescanada@penguinrandomhouse.com
Phone: 1-888-523-9292
Fax: 1-888-562-9924

Raincoast will accept returns of Wattpad until November 30, 2024. Please send them to:
Returns Department
Raincoast Books Distribution
2440 Viking Way
Richmond, BC V6V 1N2

After that, please direct any inquiries regarding returnability of titles bought from us to Penguin Random House Canada. Penguin Random House will also accept returns as of September 1st.

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.

Raincoast to distribute Paperblanks effective July 1, 2023

July 1, 2023

Raincoast Books takes over Canadian distribution for Paperblanks Journals Ltd. effective July 1, 2023.

Established in Vancouver in 1991, and now headquartered in Dublin, Paperblanks publishes premium journals and creative tools, with image art inspired by classic book binding design, literature, science, music, mysticism, and creativity.

Raincoast Books will distribute Paperblanks via Chronicle Books who has entered into an agreement to distribute Paperblanks in the United States and Canada. We will sell approximately 50 new Paperblanks titles per season with a backlist of over 1200 titles. Jannex Enterprises was the previous Canadian distributor.

ISBN Prefixes include:

539-7-05102
978-1-43970
978-1-55156

Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Mango Publishing effective March 31, 2023

April 5, 2023

Effective March 31, 2023, Raincoast will cease distribution of Mango Publishing in Canada. As of that date, please send your orders to Ingram. Visit Ingram's website here.

Ingram will accept returns as of March 31, 2023 and Raincoast will accept returns until June 30, 2023.

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Future House Publishing effective November 9, 2022

November 28, 2022

Effective November 9, 2022, Raincoast will cease distribution of Future House Publishing in Canada. As of that date, please send your orders to:

Brigham Distributing via Ingram
Visit Brigham's website here.
Visit Ingram's website here.

Brigham via Ingram will accept returns as of November 9, 2022 and Raincoast will accept returns until February 9, 2023.

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.


Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Papercutz effective January 1, 2023

October 26, 2022

Effective January 1, 2023, Raincoast will cease distribution of Papercutz in Canada. As of that date, please send your orders to:

Simon & Schuster Canada customer service
Phone: 1-800-268-3216
Fax: 1-888-849-8151

Simon & Schuster Canada will accept returns as of January 1, 2023 and Raincoast will accept returns until March 31, 2023.

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles to HarperCollins Canada effective January 1st, 2022

December 7, 2021

In May 2021, HarperCollins Publishers acquired the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). Effective Monday, January 1, 2022, distribution of the former HMH trade list will be fully integrated into HarperCollins�s business processes. Here is the timeline for Canada:

Purchase Order Transition:

- Orders for available trade product placed with Raincoast through 12/30/21 will be shipped and billed from Raincoast.

- All open orders, backlist and Not Yet Published titles, that are in Raincoast systems as of 12/31/21 will be transferred to HarperCollins during the weekend of 1/1/22.

- Beginning 1/2/22 all orders should be placed with HarperCollins Publishers

Returns and Co-Op Claims:

Effective January 3, 2022, all HMH returns should be sent to HarperCollins Canada. Titles ordered from Raincoast Book Distribution are eligible for return until March 31, 2022. Payment of invoices should be directed to the respective Raincoast or HarperCollins remit-to-address as indicated on each invoice. Claims for cooperative advertising that is booked with your Raincoast sales rep for titles published through to December 31, 2021 should be sent to Raincoast for payment.

January-April 2022 Selling:

Raincoast and HarperCollins have come to an agreement whereby your Ampersand / Hornblower rep will continue to sell January�April 2022 HMH publications. Those January�April titles will be distributed by HarperCollins and all HMH purchase orders should be pointed to HarperCollins January 1 onward. If you have any questions please contact your Raincoast or HarperCollins sales representative.

RAINCOAST'S NEW CLIENT PUBLISHERS FOR 2020

December 12, 2019

Raincoast offers full-service sales and marketing expertise for leading publishers from Canada and around the world and has the largest sales force in Canadian book publishing. We are delighted to welcome some new publishers to the fold.
Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.

Raincoast distributes Galison & Mudpuppy effective January 1, 2020

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books is taking on Canadian distribution for Galison and Mudpuppy in January 2020. Galison is a New York-based company that creates stationery and gift products that bring art to people's lives. Part of the McEvoy Group, Galison includes Mudpuppy, the award-winning children's toy brand, Galison Private Label custom division, and Christian Lacroix Paris. They are major players in the burgeoning puzzle market which is one of the fastest growing trends in retail.

ISBN prefix:
978-0-73535

Raincoast distributes Conari via Mango Publishing

VANCOUVER- Mango Publishing has acquired Red Wheel/Weiser imprint Conari Press. The deal, which involved close to 300 titles, closed October 2019. Raincoast now has stock in Canada of the backlist. New frontlist titles will begin publishing later in 2020.

Conari, founded in 1987, publishes in the areas of personal growth, spirituality, parenting and women's issues. Mango's Associate Publisher, Brenda Knight, previously held the same position at Conari, and will now oversee the imprint at Mango. Under the deal, Red Wheel/Weiser has retained rights to a handful of books published by Conari, including The Book of Awakening.

ISBN prefixes:
978-0-94323
978-1-57324


Raincoast's New Client Publishers for 2019

August 1, 2019

Raincoast offers full-service sales and marketing expertise for leading publishers from Canada and around the world and has the largest sales force in Canadian book publishing. We are delighted to welcome some new publishers to the fold.
Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.

Raincoast distributes Sounds True effective May 1, 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books has taken over Canadian distribution of Sounds True's physical books effective May 1, 2019. Sounds True's library of more than 1,500 multimedia titles feature some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time. Sounds True will retain distribution for digital audio and ebook titles.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefixes include:
978-1-56455
978-1-59179
978-1-60407
978-1-62203
978-1-68364
978-1-89488

Raincoast distributes BIS Publishers effective July 1, 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books has taken over Canadian distribution of BIS Publishers effective July 1, 2019. Founded in 1985, the Amsterdam-based publishing house creates outstanding books for students, professionals, change makers and creative minds.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefix:
978-0-96369

Raincoast to distribute Wattpad Books Fall 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books will distribute Wattpad Books. The first titles will publish in August 2019. Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company based in Toronto and Wattpad Books is the company's first direct publishing division. Wattpad Books combines editorial and marketing skills to bring leading Wattpad authors to the trade book market and to new readers.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefixes:
978-0-99368
978-1-98936

Raincoast to distribute Mango Publishing effective December 1, 2019

VANCOUVER- Raincoast Books will distribute Mango Publishing effective December 1, 2019. Mango is an innovative independent publisher founded in 2014. It is one of the fastest growing publishers in North America.
Visit their website here.

ISBN prefixes:
978-1-63353
978-1-64250

Raincoast will accept Mango returns effective January 1, 2020.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Hay House Inc. effective August 1, 2018

May 2, 2018

Effective August 1, 2018, Raincoast will cease distribution of Hay House Inc. As of that date, orders for Hay House should be sent to:

Penguin Random House Canada
320 Front Street West, Suite 1400
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3B6
Email: customerservicescanada@penguinrandomhouse.com
Phone: 1-888-523-9292
Fax: 1-888-562-9924

Raincoast will accept returns of Hay House until October 31, 2018. Please send them to:
Returns Department
Raincoast Books Distribution
2440 Viking Way
Richmond, BC V6V 1N2

After that, please direct any inquiries regarding returnability of titles bought from us to Penguin Random House Canada. Penguin Random House will also accept returns as of August 1st.

Hay House ISBNs can be found on the list here: Hay House ISBNs

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Rodale effective May 1, 2018

May 1, 2018

Effective May 1, 2018, Raincoast will cease distribution of Rodale. As of that date, Rodale orders should be sent to:

Penguin Random House Canada
320 Front Street West, Suite 1400
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3B6
Email: customerservicescanada@penguinrandomhouse.com
Phone: 1-888-523-9292
Fax: 1-888-562-9924

Raincoast will accept returns of Rodale until July 31, 2018. Please send them to:
Returns Department
Raincoast Books Distribution
2440 Viking Way
Richmond, BC V6V 1N2

After that, please direct any inquiries regarding returnability of titles bought from us to Penguin Random House Canada. Penguin Random House will also accept returns as of May 1st.

Rodale ISBNs can be found on the list here: Rodale ISBNs

Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Berrett-Koehler effective January 1, 2018

January 1, 2018

Effective January 1, 2018, Raincoast will cease distribution of Berrett-Koehler in Canada. As of that date, please send your orders to:

Penguin Random House Canada customer service
Email: customerservicescanada@penguinrandomhouse.com
Phone: 1-888-523-9292

Penguin Random House Canada will accept returns as of January 1, 2018 and Raincoast will accept returns until March 31, 2018.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of Readerlink effective January 1, 2018

January 1, 2018

Effective January 1, 2018, Raincoast will cease distribution of Readerlink in Canada. As of that date, please send your orders to:

Simon & Schuster Canada customer service
Phone: 1-800-268-3216
Fax: 1-888-849-8151

Simon & Schuster Canada will accept returns as of January 1, 2018 and Raincoast will accept returns until March 31, 2018.

Raincoast to Cease Distribution of MerryMakers effective February 1, 2017

December 22, 2016

Effective February 1, 2017 Raincoast will cease distribution of Merrymakers in Canada. As of that date, please send your orders to:

MerryMakers, Inc.
3540 Grand Ave Suite 200
Oakland, CA 94610
Tel: 510-451-2254
Toll Free: 888-989-0454
Fax: 510-451-2174

You can also visit Merrymakers on the web at www.merrymakersinc.com.

Merrymakers' EAN prefix is 978-1-57982.

Raincoast To Cease Distrubution Of Palgrave Higher Education

December 20, 2016

Effective January 1, 2017 Raincoast will cease distribution of Palgrave Higher Education and British Film Institute titles. As of that date, orders for Palgrave Higher Education and BFI should be sent to Springer Nature.
Tel: (800) SPRINGERNATURE or (212) 460-1500
E-mail: customerservice@springernature.com

Affected ISBN prefixes include 978-1-137, 978-0-333, 978-0-85170, 978-1-137, 978-1-4039, 978-1-84457.

You can find a complete list of these titles here: Palgrave-Springer.

A very small group of titles will join Bedford/St. Martin�s, W.H. Freeman and Worth Publishers at Macmillan Learning. For more information please contact MPS Customer Service Center at their warehouse facility in Virginia. The phone number is; 1-888-330-8477.

Affected ISBN prefixes include 978-0-230, 978-1-137.

You can find a complete list of these titles here: Palgrave-Macmillan Learning Distribution.

Raincoast will accept returns of Palgrave titles until March 31, 2017.
Returns Department
Raincoast Books Distribution
2440 Viking Way
Richmond, BC V6V 1N2

It is our understanding at this time that Springer will not accept returns of titles not bought from them. Please contact Springer Customer Service or visit www.palgravehighered.com for more information.

Palgrave Trade titles are part of St Martin�s Press and continue to be distributed in Canada by Raincoast. Please contact your sales rep or customerservice@raincoast.com for more information.


Raincoast to Distribute Edda USA's titles effective January 1, 2017

December 6, 2016

VANCOUVER - Raincoast Books will take over Canadian distribution of Edda USA's titles effective January 1, 2017.

ISBN prefixes include:
978-1-94078

Raincoast will accept returns on Edda USA titles effective February 1, 2017.

Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.


Raincoast to Distribute Hardie Grant's adult list effective July 1, 2016

June 15, 2016

VANCOUVER - Raincoast Books will take over Canadian distribution of Hardie Grant�s adult list effective July 1, 2016.

ISBN prefixes include:
978-1-74270
978-1-74379
978-1-74066
978-1-78488

Raincoast will accept returns on Hardie Grant adult titles effective July 1, 2016.

Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.


Raincoast to Distribute Houghton Mifflin Harcourt effective January 1, 2016

April 11, 2016

VANCOUVER - Raincoast Books will take over Canadian distribution of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing titles, effective January 1, 2016. Raincoast will handle sales, marketing and logistics for HMH trade titles to all Canadian customers.

ISBN prefixes include:

978-0-05

978-0-609

978-0-8220

978-1-035829

978-1-85207

978-6-07400

978-0-15

978-0-618

978-0-8281

978-1-051170

978-1-85230

978-7-67011

978-0-299

978-0-670

978-0-87477

978-1-118

978-1-85697

978-8-4329

978-0-314

978-0-671

978-0-87645

978-1-56400

978-1-86204

978-8-48016

978-0-375

978-0-684

978-0-89919

978-1-56458

978-1-879431

978-8-95211

978-0-376

978-0-689

978-0-906540

978-1-56561

978-1-881527

978-9-7022

978-0-395

978-0-696

978-0-916349

978-1-56884

978-1-901881

978-9-70607

978-0-442

978-0-7523

978-0-9631591

978-1-57168

978-1-932076

978-9-997

978-0-470

978-0-7534

978-0-9772660

978-1-57198

978-1-933322



978-0-471

978-0-7607

978-0-9790173

978-1-57215

978-1-934180



978-0-528

978-0-7645

978-0-9800732

978-1-57630

978-1-936976



978-0-544

978-0-7652

978-0-9819733

978-1-58159

978-1-942186



978-0-547

978-0-7715

978-0-9827322

978-1-84089

978-4-2038



978-0-550

978-0-7894

978-1-001862

978-1-84207

978-6-0704



978-0-555

978-0-8070

978-1-029255

978-1-85168

978-6-0721



Raincoast will also distribute Larousse in Canada on behalf of HMH, with the exception of Larousse bilingual editions, which we cannot supply to Qu�bec. ISBN prefix: 978-2-0357.

Raincoast will accept returns on all HMH Trade titles, including HMH distribution titles, effective January 1, 2016.

Please contact your local sales representative for more information or info@raincoast.com.


Effective March 31, 2015 Raincoast Books will cease distribution of Moleskine.

Canadian customers wishing to place an order, request catalogues, open an account with Moleskine, should contact:

Chlo� Denomm�
Moleskine
210 11th Avenue, Suite 1004
New York, New York, 10001
646-620-7271
chloe.denomme@moleskine.com

To check the status of an existing order, report errors or damages, please contact:

Hachette
Customer Service
(800) 759-0190
customer.service@hbgusa.com

Raincoast is pleased to announce distribution to all markets for the following publishers:

Media Lab Books
Media Lab will publish highly visual four-color illustrated books that offer great value and cover a wide range of categories. Media Lab Books is working with major magazine brands like Newsweek and Parade.

Start Ship Date: February 1, 2015
ISBN Prefix: 978-1942556

Familius
Familius' mission is to help families be happy, producing print books, digital books, apps, articles, and more, all centred around achieving that mission.

Start Ship Date: January 1, 2015
ISBN Prefix: 978-1938301 and 978-1939629

MerryMakers
MerryMakers extend children's love of literature with their huggable dolls based on favourite children's book characters. As most of the books are available from one of our three divisions, Raincoast makes it easy for creative retailers to source book and doll together.

Start Ship Date: January 1, 2015
ISBN Prefix: 978-157982

And please note the following:

I.B. Tauris
As of January 31, 2015, Raincoast will cease distribution of I.B. Tauris, who are moving to AtlasBooks, a division of Bookmasters.

Returns will be accepted until: March 31, 2015
ISBN Prefix: 978-1-78076, 978-1-78453 and 978-1-84885


Publishers Group Canada - PGC


Publishers Group Canada is pleased to announce distribution to all markets (except Amazon) for the following publishers:

New Vessel Press
New Vessel Press is an independent, New York-based publishing house specializing in the translation of foreign literature into English.

Start Ship Date: April 1, 2014
ISBN Prefix: 978-1-939931

Blue Apple Books
Founded in 2003, Blue Apple Books is an independent publisher dedicated to producing high quality, age-appropriate books for children.

Start Ship Date: June 1, 2014
ISBN Prefixes: 978-1-934706, 978-1-60905

High Conflict Institute Press
High Conflict Institute Press offers books for business, legal, mental health, human resource, and other professionals who deal with high-conflict clients and need solutions to get them through difficult legal, workplace, and other battles. Unhooked Books features titles that help anyone dealing with high-conflict people, relationships, and personality disorders.

Start Ship Date: June 1, 2014
ISBN Prefix: 978-1-936268
Imprint: Unhooked Books

Open Letter Books
Open Letter—the University of Rochester's nonprofit, literary translation press—is one of only a handful of publishing houses dedicated to increasing access to world literature for English readers. Publishing ten titles in translation each year and running an online literary website called Three Percent, Open Letter searches for works that are extraordinary and influential, works that we hope will become the classics of tomorrow.

Start Ship Date: June 1, 2014
ISBN Prefixes: 9781-934824, 978-1-940953

Effective May 31, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of powerHouse Books (978-157687, 978-1-890451, 978-0-9651042, 978-3-89904, 978-0-9761416, 978-0-9798110, 978-0-9798110, 978-3-937946, 978-0-940642, 978-3-926318).Returns will be accepted until August 31, 2010.

Effective February 28, 2010, Publishers Group Canada ceased distribution of Madison Square Garden Publishing (978-0-615, 978-1-59591). Returns will be accepted until May 31, 2010.

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of Gigantic Graphic Novels LLC (978-0-9763038). Returns will be accepted until March 31, 2010.

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of Leisure Team Productions (978-0-9741084). Returns will be accepted until March 31, 2010.

Effective February 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of Tradewind Books (978-1-896580). Returns will be accepted until May 1, 2010.

Effective February 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of Stanton Atkins & Dosil (978-0-9732346). Returns will be accepted until May 1, 2010.

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor across all channels with the exception of Amazon.ca for Consortium Book Sales & Distribution. Please contact PGC or your PGC sales rep for a full list of client publishers and ISBN prefixes.

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for the independent and gift markets for The Geddes Group (978-1-921652).

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for Namaste Publishing (978-1-897238).

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for Wilderness Press (978-0-8997, 978-0-9539840, 978-0-9657686, 978-0-9659178, 978-0-9672391, 978-0-9689419, 978-0-9735099, 978-0-9748188, 978-0-9757662, 978-0-9765235, 978-0-9769516, 978-0-9783427).

Effective January 1, 2010, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of Insomniac Press (978-0-9686363, 978-1-875559, 978-1-894663, 978-1-895564, 978-1-895837). Returns will be accepted until March 31, 2010.

Effective December 1, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for the independent and gift markets for Weinstein Books (978-1-60286).

Effective December 1, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for the independent and gift markets for Beast Books (978-0-9842951).

Effective November 1, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will cease distribution of Contemporary Press (978-0-9744614, 978-0-9766579). Returns will be accepted until February 1, 2010.

Effective immediately, Publishers Group Canada ceases distribution of AlterNet Books (978-0-9752724), Bookhaus (978-0-931613), and Silver Light Publications (978-0-9744614, 978-1-934974). Returns will be accepted until December 31, 2009.

Effective September 1, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for BENJAMIN brown books (978-0-978553).

Effective August 31, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent VeloPress (978-0-947068, 978-0-9746254, 978-1-931382, 978-0-9700130, 978-1-884737, 978-1-934030). Returns will be accepted until November 30, 2009.

Effective August 3, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for Wine House Press (978-0-9724993).

Effective July 31, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent Black Dog Publishing (978-1-904772, 978-1-906155, 978-1-901033, 978-0-9521773, 978-3-907064, 978-1-952177). Returns will be accepted until October 31, 2009.

Effective June 1, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will be the Canadian distributor for Coteau Books (978-1-55050, 978-0-919926).

Effective May 31, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent BOOM! Studios (978-1-934506). Returns will be accepted until August 31, 2009.

Effective February 28, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent Edizioni Press (978-1-931536, 978-0-9662230, 978-0-9713411). All titles will be declared out of print and returns will be accepted until May 31, 2009.

Effective February 28, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent Granta Magazines (978-0-9645611, 978-1-84708, 978-1-86207, 978-1-929001). Returns will be accepted until May 31, 2009.

Effective March 31, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer distribute MerryMakers (978-1-57982). Please contact MerryMakers directly for sales and ordering.

Effective January 2, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will represent the following publishers to the trade: AM Editores (978-607-437, 978-968-5336, 978-970-828, 978-970-9726), Augustus Publishing (978-0-9759453, 978-0-9792816, 978-0-9820653), Kalmbach Publishing Company (978-0-89024, 978-0-87116), Osho Media (978-0-9818341), and BenBella Books (978-1-932100, 9781-933771).

Effective January 2, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent Meyer + Meyer (978-3-89899, 978-1-84126, 978-3-937630) to the trade. Returns will be accepted until March 31, 2009.

Effective January 2, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent North-South Books(978-1-59014, 978-0-7358, 978-1-55858, 978-3-314) to the trade. Returns will be accepted until March 31, 2009.

Effective January 2, 2009, Publishers Group Canada will no longer represent Broccoli International (978-1-59741, 978-1-932480) to the trade. Returns will be accepted until January 31, 2009.




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